Kant: let us compare.(Immanuel Kant)

From: The Review of Metaphysics | Date: June 1, 2005| Author: Sarkar, Husain | Copyright information 
 
   Every thing in this world is judg'd of by comparison. (1) 
 
   It is impossible to continue in the practice of contemplating any 
   order of beauty, without being frequently obliged to form 
   comparisons between the several species and degrees of 
   excellence, and estimating their proportion to each other. 
   A man, who has had no opportunity of comparing the different 
   kinds of beauty, is indeed totally unqualified to pronounce an 
   opinion with regard to any object pres...

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